The find utility has print0, and xargs has -0. Notibly, xargs also has -P for running processes in parallel.
rm has both -d and -v.
The renice command appears to be able to use relative adjustments with -n.
There is a timeout command.
There is a readlink command, but no realpath (but a manual page exists for it as a system call).
All active Unix-like operating systems aim to implement the new interfaces as they're defined.